Dustless ash remover



, Nov. 20,11923.

I H. N. JoHANNs IIII , 8 flezpy JK Jbbalms.

Patented Nov. ZQ,l 1923.

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Appiicafio med November V17, 1922. seriainacotes. i

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Be it known that I, HENRY N. JOHAN-NS,

a -citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county ofDenver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in* Dustless Ash Removers: and I do declare the followingtoV be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference' being` had to the V accomp'anying drawings andto the characters of reference marked thereon, whichv in an ash can orpail, that a large quantity v [so as to better show the of dust will beliberated which causes considerable annoyance.

It is the object of this invention to provide a device that shall be sodesigned and constructed thatthe ashes can conveniently be removed fromthe furnace and carried' to the outside ash pit without liberating anydust, fumes or heat.

My invention briefly described, consists of a container having a flatbottom and having all sides and one end closed, a hinged member beingprovided at the open end for clos- `ing the container after it has beenfilled with ashes in the manner hereinafter described.

In order to more fully and clearly describe my invention I shall havereference to the accompanying drawing which shows the preferredembodiment thereof; and in which Fig'. 1 shows the base portion of afurnace with part of the `ash pit sides'broken away manner of'using mydevice. v V Y Fig. 2 shows my improved ash remover in closed position,which position it occupies while carrying the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of-my device. Fig. 4 is an end view of thesame looking in the direction of arrow 4 in Fi'g. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a section taken on 'line 5--5,

'Fign v The same reference characters will be employed to indicate thesame Numerall indicates the ashpit of alffurnace -and 2 the ashestherein, while- 3 ,in-` dicates the opening-into the ashpit.V I; haveshown-my ash removerfl/'inithe positionv which it ocoupies in removingthe ashesfrom vto the pit. My ash remove'r'consists vof a con- 'tainerhaving a bottom member 5 which is flat' and substantially rectangular inShape. To the sides of the bottom member I secure a cover member 6 whichis centrally curved. and forms with the'bottom a semior sub-L stantiallysemi-circular housin'g, one yend of which isclosed by azmember 7 ltowhich I Secure a handle 8. The other end of the housing is preferablyopen and cut on an upwardly and rearwardly extending angle with respectto the plane of'the bottom., as l clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To thefront edge of bottom 5, I hinge a cover member 9 which can be rotatedinto the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 Vor into the closed positionshown in Fg.l '2. An eyelet 10 is t secured to the inner surface ofcover 10 and secured tothis is. a rod 11 which extends rearwardlythrough the housing and terminates in a Vhandle 12. A metal washer 13 issecured to end plate 7 and hasia central tubular huby14 through whichthe rod 11 extends. It' is evident that if the rod 11 is moved to theright, or rearwardly, the cover 9 will be moved to the closed positionshown in Fig. 2',`whereas if it` is'moved towards the.` left the coverwill vbe movedto open position. V 1

In using mv ash remover I open the coverV 9 to ,the-position shown inFig. 3, and insert the same through the'ash pit door in the manner shownin Fig. 1.l When the removerhousing is partly filled with ashes,

' I pull the handle 12 rearwardly, This closes' the cover and forces'the ashes into the housmg. The cover-is then opened and the ash removershe-vedV fartheriinto the ashes and the operation repeated if necessary``until the housing isl full. The cover 9 is then closed and held inclosed position while the V ashes are carried to the outside ash pitVwhere f top, it is evident thatit may be made 'off ,v

rectangular cross section or of any cross section desired. It isconsidered quite essential, however, to have the bottom flat as,

otherwise it Will be inore difliCult to fill the same With ashes. i V

Having now described my invention, What I claim as new is:

1. An'ash remover Consisting of a housing having one substantially flatside formng the bottom thereof, one end of said housing being open andthe other Closed, a Cover hingedly ConneCted to the flat side at thevopen end and means Xtending through the housing for opening and Closingsaid Cover.

2. An ash remover consisting of tnbniar housing having one substantiallyfiat side forming the bottom thereof, having one end Closed, a coverhnged tothe flat side adapted to open and Close the open end of thehousing and a rod passing through the housing and hingedljy Conneoted tothe Cover Whereby the latter may be opened and Closed by re oiprocatingthe rod.

3. An ash remover Comprising in combination a holloW housing having onefiat side forming the bot-tom thereof, one Closed end, means hinged tothe fiat side for Closing the other end and for assisting in filling thehousing With ashes.

In testimony Whereof I aflix my signature.

HENR-Y N. JOHANNS.

